Sequel to “Harry Potter and the Cloud with the Silver Lining”
“Harry Potter and the Cloud with the Silver Lining” by
ev11235813 is one of those stories which frustrate me to no
end. It feels like a prologue to a much larger story, but the
writing has stopped exactly at the moment when I felt the
real story may finally start. The whole story is one of those
“one tiny change unravels all powers of the darkness” kind of
stories (something like “Petrification Proliferation” by
/u/TheWhiteSquirrel, but that goes a way further on that path). I
can even see the story, which could start, but unfortunately I am
absolutely not in the position of the one to write (firstly, I am
a man).
So, let’s make an inventory of what we have in the beginning of
the story, right?
- Harry changed into a girl, with a promise of lots of small
substories on the theme “I had no idea your life is so
different”, which could be funny (or otherwise).
- Group of five girls living together. I think that has
a huge potential for a great story. Something in the
style of a possible sisterhood, much like The Parlour in
“The Changeling”, but much smaller so more tight and
personal. Sharing adventures, supporting each other, fighting
together (in both senses of the word), The Power of Sisterhood,
plenty of good stuff.
- Many of Harry personal problems resolved (either
good!McGonagall, or liberated!Sirius or possibly even
Sirius/Amelia Bones are her guardians, Dursleys and 4 Privet
Drive are to be liquidated very soon, Malfoys are licking their
wounds), Horcruxes are being searched for.
- good!Dumbledore (perhaps slightly confused or overworked,
perhaps with personal problems, but to use terminology of
D&D he is chaotic good) and Competent Adults™ with Not Too Much
Corrupt Government™
The point of our story should be probably a series of
interwoven sub-stories of all girls, some of them typical
afternoon-high-school-TV-series ones (boys, school, jealousy,
etc), some of them less so (hunting Horcruxes, hunting
Pettigrew). I know that the original story slightly hinted into
femslash fem!Harry/Hermione, but I wouldn’t go there. Aside
from the fact that I don’t like femslash (nothing against
lesbians IRL, but I am an adult straight man, so I have a hard
time to identify with them), I would be afraid that such strong
relationship between two of the most important characters would
completely derail whole story from my idea of a story of whole
group, not story of any of these individuals.
On Violence in the Magical World
(a comment on the Reddit thread “Lavender Brown is a good
friend.” started by u/Fan_of_Fanfics; more discussion on
that thread)
This is actually a very good comment, because it forced me
to think more about the magical world. Of course, I agree,
that culturally we are learned to be …
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Kind of sexy lamp test
(another discussion on the nature of bashing by /u/Chocokuki1993)
It is not about bashing, it is always (as with everywhere in
writing) about the plot. I would suggest something like the
sexy lamp test: “What would happen to the plot if you remove
this particular paragraph, chapter negatively portraying …
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Normal Hogwarts Life
(my comments during the thread
“Any fanfic or oneshots that are about deal with everyday
shenanigans that the Hogwarts staff go through?” by
/u/euphoric77)
Let me add here a dump of my “elsewhere_at_hogwarts/” folder (for
later reference):
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Poděkování sestře Černé
(napsáno pro sborový časopis evangelického sboru ČCE Praha-Braník
„Brána“)
Loučili jsme se s drahou sestrou Růženou Černou. Při smutečním
shromáždění jsem nejprve nechtěl obtěžovat a když jsem se nakonec
rozhoupal, tak už bylo pozdě. Chtěl bych proto alespoň touto
cestou přidat tuto svoji malou vzpomínku, která velice silně
ovlivnila můj …
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Effortless genius?
(my comments on “Is Hermione actually that smart?” by /u/sullivanbri966)
/u/VisenyaMartell:
I heard someone once claim that she is ‘a genius through
effort, not an effortless genius.’
I don’t think there is such thing as an effortless genius. Thomas
Alva Edison (who could be easily qualified as …
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JAFF Resources
(the reddit thread of the same name by RoseIsBadWolf)
Does anyone have some invaluable resources for writing that they
would like to share? Here are some of mine:
Budgets that show the cost of living near Jane Austen's time
Every named character in every Austen novel (made these myself, excel …
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Oba dva, muž i jeho žena, byli nazí a nestyděli se
(kázání, silně krácené pronesené ve sboru ČCE Praha-Braník, 27.
srpna 2023)
Starozákonní čtení: Genesis 2:20-25 (B21)
Evangelium: Lukáš 12:1-3 (B21)
Novozákonní čtení: 2. Korintským 12:1-10 (B21)
Základem dnešního kázání bude poslední verš starozákonního čtení:
„Oba dva, muž i jeho žena, byli nazí a nestyděli se.“
Když jsem …
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Ebook formats
This is just collection of alternatives to EPub for electronic
books and similar stuff.
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The Strange Disappearance of Lizzy Bennet
(my comments on “The Strange Disappearance of Lizzy Bennet” by
HelenaMira, originally published on Reddit)
I really wanted to like this story. The beginning of the story
promised a good plot and I like neglectful!Mr Bennet and evil!Mrs
Bennet as a fresh alternative to otherwise generally boring canon …
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Modesty Barebone … after being left alone
Originally published as “Modesty Barebone … after being left alone”
on Reddit.
One of the most interesting characters in the first Fantastic
Beasts film, Modesty Barebone, was left alone in her old
childhood home, abandoned both by all adults and her brother
Credence (yes, he turned into Obscurial, so he was …
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Geeky Mary Bennet
I have originally commented on “Mr. Collins, a male lead??? Is
this possible?” by u/JenniferRAKim on That Site, but now I
think I would just leave it here as a prompt:
That’s one way, or of course if it leads to my preferred ship Mr
Collins/Mary Bennet …
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Letter to Danijela on Protestants
Dear Danijela and Miljenko,
you have asked me during the John’s birthday dinner about the
difference between Catholicism and Protestantism and I have
apparently completely misunderstood your question and bored you
with my lecture on the history of the Czech protestantism. I am
sorry about that. Let me remedy …
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Was Lisa Turpin descendant of Dick Turpin?
(my reddit thread of the same name)
That is Lisa Turpin and Dick Turpin. I am not sure where to
go with it, just a thought. Perhaps just that not everybody at
Hogwarts is so boringly middle-class bland?
Also Harry and Theodor are descendants of Dick Turpin's partners
in …
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Sun-c’ a pět základních faktorů vedení války
Sun-c’ v „Umění války“ tvrdí, že je pět základních faktorů vedení
války: způsob boje, roční období, terén, vedení a řízení.
Připadne mi jako by marketingový tým Andreje Babiše o těchto
faktorech vůbec neuvažoval (je zajímavé, že jak popisovala Anna
Shavit ve „Vinohradské 12“, jeho členy moc neznáme, kromě
nešťastné Tünde …
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Několik poznámek k Holodomoru
Několik poznámek k Holodomoru. Nejprve standardní disclaimer: ani
vteřinu samozřejmě nezpochybňuji, že se jednalo o strašný zločin
proti ukrajinskému národu ze strany Moskvy a že množství mrtvých
jenom na Ukrajině šlo do milionů (z pochopitelných důvodů přesná
čísla neexistují, normální se udává kolem tří, čtyř milionů, ale
mohlo to být …
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Molly Weasley, the Potion Mistress?
(a record of discussion about the topic on the Reddit thread
“Could Molly and the ‘Love Potion’ incident be a communications
misunderstanding?” started by u/varrsar; more discussion on
that thread)
The biggest problem with Molly Weasley and Love Potions is that
everybody seems to remember something completely different than …
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Ohrožuje „manželství pro všechny“ tradiční rodinu?
(k diskusi na interní lidovecké skupině na Facebooku)
Hodně dlouho jsem přemýšlel jestli se k této otázce vyjadřovat, protože obecně
se snažím otázkám homosexuálních vztahů spíše vyhýbat (každý si musí vybrat
bitvu, kde se investuje), ale nakonec mi připadne, že tohle vlákno vypadá
docela civilizovaně, a tak mi to nedá …
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Marshall plan for Moscow?
(my comments on the Facebook comment by Doug Hart)
I really don’t feel any hatred towards the Moscow nation as whole
(I don’t like to use the word Russia, Russian, because it is a
contested term, and just its use makes the speaker agreeing to
some parts of …
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On healing prayers and pain
(můj komentář na článek Dana Drápala „Uzdravování dnes“)
Nejhlubší zážitek ohledně uzdravení (kromě tedy několika případů,
kdy jsem se za uzdravení skutečně modlil) byl výjezd našeho sboru
v Americe, který vedl Randy Clark. Bylo to na dva dny a bylo
neuvěřitelné jak prostý a autentický byl, i když vyprávěl věci …
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Difference between Hungary and Czechia vis-à-vis Russia
Comment on the Reddit thread “Jana Černochová, Minister of
Defence of the Czech Republic, makes a statement”
and answer to the question by rocygapb)
Why is Hungarys suffering a case of amnesia? What is
different between these countries that suffered soviet
occupation and violence?
There were so many differences (I …
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Broken Dumbledore
(my comments on “Anger and Albus Dumbledore” by u/HorseLaw14)
I think he doesn’t understand emotions at all. Yes, I will say,
he knows nothing about love. And, no, I don’t care whether he is
gay or straight, there is absolutely no evidence anywhere for
Dumbledore/Minerva (or …
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Soul bonds and arranged marriages
Comment on the Reddit thread “Soul bonding fics with depth?”
by ZappyFence discussing “Error of Soul” by Materia-Blade)
Can you elaborate? As someone who read it, I'm still not sure
what people mean when they say this.
In the end every soul-bond fanfiction story is a story of
imposed/unintended …
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Papež a válka
Jinak obecně. Myslím, že kromě Ruské federace a Putina je zatím
největším poraženým z Ukrajinské války Církev. My všichni
křesťané jsme velvyslanci Boží a nositelé imago Dei a nejlepším
obrazem Božím, který nevěřící kolem nás mohou spatřit, my všichni
se modlíme „posvěť se Jméno Tvé“ (snažím se tady zreprodukovat
křesťanskou …
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On Technology of Horcrux creation
(my comments on “Diary Horcrux Murder” by berkeleyjake)
It may be possible that the result of the ritual sacrifice can be
somehow stored and the ritual creating Horcrux can be done later.
What’s more important is this:
“Well, you split your soul, you see,” said Slughorn, “and
hide part …
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